bible_study/Bible/1Corinthians/1Cor 14.md

## Prophecy and Tongues 

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Pursue love, yet earnestly desire spiritual _gifts_, but especially that you may prophesy. 

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For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands, but in _his_ spirit he speaks mysteries. 

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But one who prophesies speaks to men for edification and exhortation and encouragement. 

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One who speaks in a tongue edifies himself; but one who prophesies edifies the church. 

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But I wish that you all spoke in tongues, but _even_ more that you would prophesy. And greater is one who prophesies than one who speaks in tongues, unless he translates, so that the church may receive edification. 

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But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what will I profit you unless I speak to you either by way of revelation or of knowledge or of prophecy or of teaching? 

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Yet _even_ lifeless things, either flute or harp, in producing a sound, if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the harp? 

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For if the trumpet produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle? 

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So also you, unless you utter by the tongue a word that is clear, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air. 

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There are, perhaps, a great many kinds of sounds in the world, and none is without meaning. 

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If then I do not know the meaning of the sound, I will be to the one who speaks a barbarian, and the one who speaks will be a barbarian to me. 

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So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual _gifts_, seek to abound for the edification of the church. 

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Therefore let one who speaks in a tongue pray that he may translate. 

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For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. 

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What is _the outcome_ then? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also. 

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Otherwise if you bless in the spirit _only_, how will the one who fills the place of the uninformed say the "Amen" at your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you are saying? 

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For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not edified. 

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I thank God that I speak in tongues more than you all; 

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however, in the church I desire to speak five words with my mind so that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue. 

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Brothers, do not be children in your thinking; rather in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature. 

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In the Law it is written, "By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to Me," says the Lord. 

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So then tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophecy _is for a sign_ not to unbelievers but to those who believe. 

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Therefore if the whole church assembles together and all speak in tongues, and uninformed men or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your mind? 

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But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an uninformed man enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all; 

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the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will fall on his face and worship God, declaring that surely God is among you. 

## Orderly Worship 

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What is _the outcome_ then, brothers? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has a translation. Let all things be done for edification. 

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If anyone speaks in a tongue, _it should be_ by two or at the most three, and _each_ in turn, and one must translate; 

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but if there is no translator, he must keep silent in the church, and let him speak to himself and to God. 

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And let two or three prophets speak, and let the others pass judgment. 

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But if a revelation is made to another who is seated, the first one must keep silent. 

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For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be exhorted. 

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And the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets; 

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for God is not _a God_ of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints. 

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The women are to keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says. 

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But if they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in church. 

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Was it from you that the word of God _first_ went forth? Or has it arrived to you only? 

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If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that the things which I write to you are the Lord's commandment. 

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But if anyone remains ignorant about _this_, he is ignored _by God_. 

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Therefore, my brothers, earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak in tongues. 

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But all things must be done properly and in an orderly manner.